CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Evidentiary Issues
......Court Control of Proceedings
.........Evidence Sanctions
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Juv. court's sanctioning F for asserting his 5th Amend. right not to self-incriminate, by striking testimony of witnesses, was harmless error where testimony would have bolstered court's jurisdictional finding.

Juvenile courts may not deprive a parent of her or his procedural due process rights simply because the parent failed to appear at hearing.